Agon threw a punch in front of him, and Sei charged towards it, appearing to attack. But just before Agon's fist had fully extended, Sei manifested a mirror. The four-ard demon's eyes widened, but it was too late as strings burst out of the ground and wrapped around him like a cocoon. However, it took him less than a second to break through the restrictions.
As Agon's fist hit the mirror, another mirror appeared behind the demon's head. He quickly turned around and punched the mirror, cracking it. Yet another mirror manifested behind him however, and Agon's fist ca through, hitting the ultimate class demon right through the kidney.
BOOOM!... A loud explosion rang out, cracking the walls from the shockwave alone. Despite trying to resist, the four-ard demon's body flung away like a ragdoll.
"We have to follow him!" I shouted. I didn't care whether Agon was there or not; I wasn't going to let the 'defeated villain returning stronger' cliche happen. No, I was going to kill that bastard right now!
We chased after him, and he ended up in a clearing. The forest around him had turned into a grassland as every tree had been blasted away. The ultimate class demon had a large whirlpool-like wound on his side where Agon had hit him, and two of his arms were missing as he had tried to block Agon's attack. Despite all that, he didn't seem panicked or angry, and instead asked, "Do any of you know about the Rashomon Gates and what kind of place it was?"
Although he was speaking casually, his body was shaking, and he was having a hard ti regenerating. It seed like Agons attack had been effective, as the demon struggled to stand up. He looked at everyone's faces and sighed. "As expected, it's been so long that no one rembers anymore. There was a ti when even the great clans of today were nothing more than families trying to establish so order and take over, of course. Nowadays, they paint their history with sunshine and rainbows, describing how brave their so-called hero ancestors were."
Ord exploded out, and Chariot was ready for another attack. But before she could even move a muscle, a dark gate with the face of a red demon painted on it appeared. There was sothing unsettling about the gate, like trying to touch the ground when you're swimming but there is still water underneath it.
The four-ard demon clapped his four hands into a prayer motion, his eyes filled with hatred and rage. "n, won, elderly, or young, the Rashomon Gate was the dumping ground of murder victims and unwanted babies. The gate was covered in so many talismans to dispel evil that one would think the whole thing was made of paper. But despite their efforts, their thods weren't enough to quell such hate!"
{Dark Gate of Dispute}
The ground rumbled beneath my feet, and the gate lood before us, growing as large as a skyscraper. I couldnt see its top. The discomfort from before turned into untold terror as my body shook. It felt as though a seed of fear had been planted deep in my soul.
I knew that this wasnt my own fear, but sothing forced on by a special power. So that seed to make the ability less effective on , but the others were different. Even Chariot's hands trembled.
The demon was having his power-up mont in the middle of battle, and I couldn't help but stare at Agon. Though I considered him a good friend, he was a jinx. Whenever he was around, weird shounen shit started happening.
Carpy! River! I yelled out two words, enough for Carpy to understand my plan.
He spewed out water and ford ropes, grabbing onto everyone and pulling them away. But Chariot imdiately sliced the water rope that ca toward her.
Hey! I have a plan! We need to retreat to a river! I explained to her, trying to clarify that the water wasnt so sneak attack from the ultimate class demon.
Chariot turned and looked at with a cold gaze. When did you get the guts to order around, kid?
Holy fucking shit! Why couldnt these people just put aside their egos for once in their lives?! This wasnt the ti to have a dick-asuring contest!
You know what? Screw this, if she wanted to stay behind and die then I wasnt going to stop her. Carpy, retreat!
We blasted away with Carpy hovering us above ground while manipulating the water to move at incredible speeds. I turned toward the others and said. Does anyone have any plan in mind? Now would be the best ti to share.
I have a left-over Rook Piece that I can use on soone, Bets said. I believe that this piece will increase physical strength and defense, while increasing their Ords defensive properties.
The piece would have been perfectly fit for Agon, but his body wouldn't accept it. Chariot would have been the next best candidate, but she didn't seem like the type to accept a handout. It was too late anyway, that chance had passed by now.
Explosions rang in the distance, indicating that the battle between Chariot and the 4th Commander was intense. Knowing the slim chance of Chariot's victory, it was ti to prepare an alternative plan.
Turning to Bets, I asked for his input. He was the genius of the group, and I was certain he could co up with a better strategy than .
After surveying the area, his gaze settled on a guy with the ability to turn his Ord rigid and strong like diamonds. Bets handed his rook piece to the guy and said, "His defensive ability is already impressive, and with this piece, it should help us considerably. This way, Sei can be more free-acting and not worry about blocking attacks for us."
Freeing up Sei was an excellent idea. Among ultimate class demons, his power would be the most useful, as he could absorb and even throw back any attack, no matter the class.
Finally, we arrived at a river, surrounded by tall grass, indicating no recent human interaction. However, that didn't concern Carpy or .
The river rose up like a serpent, swirling around before curling into a large ball. I extended my arm toward Carpy, and he extended his tails. As soon as we made contact, I activated my special ability.
{Perfect : tamorphosis!}
I effortlessly controlled the water ball and gathered even more water from further away.
"Can you fill this with iron balls?" I asked.
The big-nosed guy took out a jar of boogers and started flicking them towards my water ball. It was gross, but I turned the ball into a water tornado and added steel balls to it. The resulting vortex was a couple of tis more dangerous.
The explosions from the fight between Chariot and the ultimate class demon grew louder and closer until we could see them all.
***
Ibaraki Doji, a demon who had reached the apex of his power, was quite old and could not grow stronger anymore. It had been a while since he had encountered a human capable of holding up against an ultimate class demon like himself.
Due to his origin from hatred, Ibaraki Doji loathed humans. Unlike Lord Shuten Doji who only saw humans as a small obstacle and did not necessarily hate them, Ibaraki Doji knew the threat humans posed and the evil they possessed. He was determined to get rid of them before they could get rid of him.
He rembered how, thousands of years before, humans used to have exorcists who could kill ultimate class demons. The thought of humans reaching that level again made his heart tremble.
Ibaraki still smiled whenever he thought of those glorious tis when every demon banded together to kill that one exorcist, or as they were called back then, demon slayers. The man whose na demons dare not speak even to this day, The Strongest Demon Slayer, was the sa person who discovered and rationalized the creation of special abilities. He was the detestable man who brought Satan, the most powerful demon at the ti, to his knees and mocked all the demons over the world.
UNACCEPTABLE! That would never happen again!
Ibaraki attacked like a madman; he would rather die than allow such an era to co again. As his hatred intensified, his dark Ord exploded out, and he opened the gate which he had manifested. A dark beam shot out of the gate, obliterating a whole mountain and everything else in its wake. This was the energy generated from the hate of thousands of murder victims - the hate that would destroy everything.
Although his opponent managed to dodge the attack with her speed, she was not his main target. "As expected of humans, you dodged the attack and let your comrades die!"
The dark beam was headed straight in the direction where her team had fled, and the woman's eyes widened.
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